vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2022-24771: node-forge: Signature verification leniency in checking `digestAlgorithm` structure can lead to signature forgery
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Mar 18, 2022 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 18, 2022
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.3.0, RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification code is lenient in checking the digest algorithm structure. This can allow a crafted structure that steals padding bytes and uses unchecked portion of the PKCS#1 encoded message to forge a signature when a low public exponent is being used. The issue has been addressed in `node-forge` version 1.3.0. There are currently no known workarounds.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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